PROZAC Reviews (FLUOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (949 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROZAC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROZAC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Bulimia Nervosa | Headaches for the first couple of weeks, indigestion (worse if I drink a lot of caffeine), total loss of libido | The side effects aren't great (sometimes the indigestion is so bad that I don't want to eat anything), but on 20mg a day I feel normal for the first time in years. I only wish that I'd started taking it sooner! | F | 21 | 1 years | 4/1/2005 | 5 | Depression | drymouth, headaches. Head aches went away after the first two weeks, drymouth persists but I deal with itin different ways-after all, the side effect is nothing compared to the possible side effect of NOT taking it (for me) :-) | First diagnosed with depression in 1989. Over 10 episodes since. The first time I was told it would take a couple of weeks at least to kick in but I felt changes within 5 days. Each time since, the (new) doctor put me back on the prozac because it worked well the time before, and each time it appeared to work even more quickly until the last time I felt the difference within a day.- finally one doctor added up all the episodes and said I should be on it for the rest of my life and did some further testing (revealing Bipolar II - which probably accounts for why it worked so quickly). I was one of the people who would have termed it a | F | 37 | 6 years | 3/11/2005 | 5 | bi polar | mixed with other meds so not sure | F | 41 | 5 years | 3/7/2005 | 3 | severe depression | weight gain, extreme fatigue, liver enzyme anomaly, insomnia, self-harm | Helped a bit, I think, but the tiredness is making life impossible. Was on 60mg before it did any good, and have been for 3 years, which is probably why my liver is starting to protest. Trying to come off it to figure out what symptoms are the depression and what are side effects of the prozac! | F | 24 | 4 years | 2/28/2005 | 1 | Depression | Weight gain and incredible anger | Prozac helped with my depression. I felt better in that aspect but I had an intense rage underneath every emotion I had. I finally stopped cold turkey when I physically attacked my sister. | F | 34 | 7 months | 2/28/2005 | 1 | Stress and depression | Increased angryness, fuzzy head, insomnia (2 hours broken sleep a night) restless legs while in bed, inability to ejaculate, feeling out of body,inability to concentrate, not wanting to get out of bed and generally not caring about a thing. | I guess this works for some people but for me it didnt, your problems are still there after you finish taking it so you still have to sort them out. Was also told by doctor that prozac had little side effects and wish I found this site before starting them, my advice is to carefully consider if you really need them before taking them. A good family helped me overcome more than my tablets ever did. | M | 32 | 7 days | 2/27/2005 | 1 | despression | luck of sex drive, weakness, sleepness, tiredness, mood swings, effect relationships | it has more side effects, it does more harm then good, i would adive anyone who wants to come on it , to think twice before going on it , it will destroye you completely | F | 33 | 6 years | 2/27/2005 | 5 | depression | didn't care about anything | Before taking prozac I was unable to make a decision, had a lack of assertiveness, insecure, and was in a bad relationship i needed to get out of, prozac helped me get on my feet and to what was the right thing to do.... dump his sorry ass! | F | 28 | 1 years | 2/26/2005 | 3 | panic disorder | blurred vision, missed periods, loss of sex drive, unable to cry/feel emotions, weird feeling of trying to act normal | I think one of the worst effects of this drug is that you don't think the drug is causing the side effects until you get off of it. I thought my vision was just getting worse due to age and I guessed I had started menopause. | F | 47 | 3 months | 2/22/2005 | 3 | depression | None | F | 38 | 12 months | 2/18/2005 | 4 | Depression and, anxiety , insomnia | Sexual side effects - reduced desire and drive - inconcistent, delayed and abnormal ejaculation | M | 5 days | 2/12/2005 | 4 | severe depression and anxiety | fatigue, gray spots and irritability | F | 16 | 6 months | 2/10/2005 | 4 | bipolar II | hand tremors, low sex drive, headache (at first), occasional panicky feelings | worked, but left me feeling a bit too wired | M | 38 | 2 years | 2/9/2005 | 4 | depression ocd | nausea tiredness low sex drive, after taking 60mg hard to reach orgasem, and hair loss | ive tried loads of other drugs but alway end up back on prozac, ive taken it during my preg and my sons fine, but i took it after the first 3 months, i still get depressed while taking it but not as bad as it would be without | F | 33 | 10 years | 2/9/2005 | 3 | depression | severe pain in biceps | 53 | 10 years | 2/9/2005 | 2 | Depression, Anxiety, Panic | night terrors,aggression, agitation, increased anxiety, loss of sex drive, thoughts of harming others.. | I went on Prozac 20mg daily from being on Lexapro for 2 years both drugs did not tackle my depression fully. I was still mildly depressed and not back to being myself. Prozac made my anxiety increase which caused me to start taking more Xanax to make it through the day. I am now on Effexor XR 75mg and the need for my daily Xanax has dropped. Also, Prozac killed my sex drive and made me have crazy thoughts of harming others.... I also suffered night terrors and would wake up in the middle of the night in a full panic attack.Prozac isn't for me but could work fine for someone else. | M | 22 | 5 months | 2/9/2005 | 1 | for depression | first of all suicide at all time , bad mood swing be more aggressive than ever. | basically prozac ruined my life i been on prozac for at least five years , the doctor despite me complening about the side effect he didnt want me to stop taking. I find the strengh to get out of the shit. | F | 47 | 5 years | 2/8/2005 | 5 | depression | tiredness at first, but then this went after a while | being on prozac stopped me from killing myself. | F | 40 | 6 months | 2/7/2005 | 3 | | 2/1/2005 | 4 | Fibromylagia/Depression | Orgasms difficult to achieve. Leg twitches | have tried to go off drug a few times, within 3 weeks I ache all over, difficult to move, fatigue, irritable. I take 40mg daily [increased dose over the years] and do well. Happier, no fatigue and lots of energy. VERY difficult to achieve orgasm, but still desire sex. | F | 44 | 15 years | 1/31/2005 |